[miningmx.com] — Palabora Mining Company on Wednesday reported a quarter-on-quarter increase in production of 9% for the first quarter of 2010.
Production was slightly lower than the corresponding period in 2009, it said.
Production from the underground mine averaged 31 542 tonnes on a daily
basis for the quarter.
In total, 2 838 805 tonnes of ore was hoisted during the quarter with a copper grade of 0.66%. Average copper head grade was relatively unchanged
from the last quarter but 2% lower than the corresponding period in 2009.
A member of the Rio Tinto Group of Companies, situated in the Ba-Phalaborwa area of Limpopo, Palabora operates a large block cave copper mine smelter complex and 241 million tonne magnetite stockpile.
